Lam Weng Siew, Lam Weng Hoe, Lee Pei Fun
Department of Physical and Mathematical Science, Faculty of Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kampar Campus, Jalan Universiti, Bandar Barat, Kampar 31900, Perak, Malaysia.
Materials (Basel). 2023 Apr 3;16(7):2857. doi: 10.3390/ma16072857.
Chitosan is a biocompatible polymer with vast applications in pharmacology, medicine, paper making, agriculture, and the food industry due to its low toxicity. Chitosan also plays an important role in the sustainable environment since chitosan is able to absorb greenhouse gases, harmful organic matter, and heavy ions. Therefore, this paper conducts a bibliometric analysis of chitosan for sustainable development using the Scopus database from 1976 to 2023. A performance analysis on the 8002 documents was performed with Harzing's Publish or Perish. Science mapping was conducted using VOSviewer. The annual publication on chitosan for sustainable development showed an upward trend in recent years as the annual publication peaked in 2022 with 1178 documents with most of the documents being articles and published in journals. Material science, chemistry, and engineering are tightly related subject areas. China had the highest publication of 1560 total documents while the United States had the most impactful publication with 55,019 total citations, 68.77 citations per document, 77.6 citations per cited document, -index 110, and -index of 211. India had the largest international collaboration with 572 total link strength. "International Journal of Biological Macromolecules", "Carbohydrate Polymers", and "Polymers" have been identified as the top three source titles that publish the most documents on chitosan for sustainable development. The emerging trends in chitosan on sustainable development focus on the application of chitosan as an antibacterial agent and biosorbent for contaminants, especially in water treatment.
壳聚糖是一种生物相容性聚合物，因其低毒性而在药理学、医学、造纸、农业和食品工业中有广泛应用。壳聚糖在可持续环境中也发挥着重要作用，因为它能够吸收温室气体、有害有机物和重金属离子。因此，本文利用Scopus数据库对1976年至2023年壳聚糖在可持续发展方面进行了文献计量分析。使用Harzing的Publish or Perish对8002篇文献进行了绩效分析。使用VOSviewer进行了科学制图。近年来，壳聚糖在可持续发展方面的年度出版物呈上升趋势，2022年年度出版物达到峰值，有1178篇文献，其中大部分文献为文章且发表在期刊上。材料科学、化学和工程是紧密相关的学科领域。中国的出版物总数最高，为1560篇，而美国的出版物影响力最大，总被引次数为55019次，每篇文献被引68.77次，每篇被引文献被引77.6次，h指数为110，g指数为211。印度的国际合作最为广泛，总链接强度为572。《国际生物大分子杂志》《碳水化合物聚合物》和《聚合物》被确定为发表关于壳聚糖在可持续发展方面文献最多的三大来源期刊。壳聚糖在可持续发展方面的新兴趋势集中在壳聚糖作为抗菌剂和污染物生物吸附剂的应用上，尤其是在水处理方面。
